Nationals senator Matt Canavan has brushed off National Mental Health Commission warnings of the “damaging” effects of the marriage equality survey on Australia’s LGBTQ population, deeming those upset by the debate to be “delicate little flowers”.
Canavan’s comments came, ironically, as two of his Coalition colleagues complained to national media outlets about a tweet they found offensive and leading ‘no’ campaigner Lyle Shelton claimed he had been “demonised and vilified” by marriage equality advocates.